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Multidimensional Phenomena Of Hajj
Zulfa, M.
Zulfa, M.
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Performing Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca is the fifth pillar of Islam, whereas these five pillars of Islam are believed by all Muslims in the world as the foundation of Islam. Hajj is a must for any Muslim who has all the abilities, in term of financial, physical, as well as psychological, to perform it, This paper is a report of a research on various aspects accompanying the accomplishment of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca by the pilgrims. Those aspects are the spiritualteologic, the psychological, the sociological, and the economic. The object of the research were the city of Salatiga, the District of Semarang, and the District of Magelang. The spiritual-teologic aspect is used to explain the level of religiousity of a Muslim performing the Hajj while the psychological aspect is related to the psycho-condition, mental, and desires experienced or possessed by the pilgrims. The sociological aspect is the social faithfulness, the social harmony supported by those pilgrims. Last but not least, the economic aspect is the motive of the pilgrims to increase their prosperity or their economic power. By implementing the descriptive-qualitative approach, this research aimed at providing objective, accurate, and systematic depictions of those issues related with the objects of the research. For the data collection, the researcher used various methods such as observation, interview, and documentation. The data was then analyzed through the descriptive qualitativequantitative approach. The result shows that the spiritual-teologic, the psychological, the sociological, as well as the economic aspects are all present in the accomplishment of the Hajj, with the spiritual-teologic and the psychological aspects play the most dominant roles. The quantitative analysis shows that there is a significant influence of the spiritual-teologic and the psychological aspects toward the completion of the Hajj of the pilgrims. It is proven with the statistical calculation that the degree of significant is 1% and 5% that shows that the r sum is bigger than the r table or that 0,599> 0,345> 0,266. Meanwhile, the descriptive analysis of the data shows that the spiritual- teologic and the psychological aspects are the more dominant aspects compared to the sociological, as well as the economic aspects.
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2015-06
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